Outside the Beltway

Orban has used Covid-19 to kill whatever vestiges of democracy remained.

The PM and the Health Minister have both tested positve.

We are governed by the petty and myopic.

The 71-year-old heir to the British throne has tested positive and is in self-isolation.

Despite our poor showing against COVID-19, we have the best infrastructure in place.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

There’s very little upside.

There are two theories, neither of them good.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

Looking back to a story from 2018.

Because you needed one more thing to worry about.

Speaking of xenophobia.

We are truly exceptional in how we choose the president.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

From the Freedom House “Freedom in the World 2019” report.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily survived a challenge for leadership of the Likud Party.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a challenge for the leadership of the party he’s headed for more than a decade.

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party are on course for a big win in December 12th’s General Election.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Trump takes credit for stopping his “friend” Xi from attacking Hong Kong protesters.

He raises a very real problem.

Lock her up?

After a year of controversy and investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicated on charges of fraud and bribery.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

The UK is being given yet more time to figure out the obvious.